Q-753 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to the "Statement from the Minister of Health on the Canada Health Act" issued on January 10, 2025, and described as coming into effect on April 1, 2026: (a) will this policy come into effect as of April 1, 2026, or has it been delayed, amended, or rescinded under the current government; (b) as of April 1, 2026, will a nurse practitioner who operates an independent primary care practice that is not covered by a patient's provincial or territorial health care plan be permitted to continue providing medically necessary physician-equivalent services, or will all such physician-equivalent services be required to be publicly insured and billed through the provincial or territorial health insurance plan with no direct charges to patients; and (c) how will the changes which come into effect on April 1, 2026, impact the federal delivery of healthcare for Indigenous and First Nations individuals?